Improvement in needle-setter for sewing-machine



J. M. HOADLEY. Sewing-Mdchine Attachment.

No. 92,446. 1 Patented July 13, 1869.

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JOSEPH M. HOADLEY OF DERBY,"AS SIGNOR TO IVEED SEWING- MACHINE COMPANY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT...

Letters Patent No. 92,446, dated July 13, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT m 'NEEDLE-SETTER FOR snwmevmcnmn.

Theschedule referred to in these Letters Patent and mining part of he same- To all whom it may concern and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1, .of the (h'awings, is a side view of my adj uster, and

Figure 2 is an end view, showing the slot in one end thereof, and the point in the other.

The object of my invention is to construct a more useful, simple, and cheap instrument than has heretofore been devised for adjusting the needles of sewingmachines in the needle-bars thereof.

My adjuster is constructed of a single piece of wire, and in the form shown in the drawings, of which letter (t represents the point, letter I), the handle, and letter .0, the slot,

The poiht.a is adapted to and is designed for service in the .eye of the needle.

. The handle b is that portion of the adjuster bent outward to form convenient means for holding and operating the same. 7 i

The notch c is adapted to and designed for service as a rest and support for the shank of the needle While the latter is in process of adjustment.

To use my device, I take the adjust-er in my left hand, and place the point a, in theeye 0f the needle. I then crowd the shank of the needle firmly into the notch 0. bar, and-crowd it upward until the shoulder ll 'of the adjuster rests against the base of the bar. The needle is then seciu'ed in its place, and the work is done.

The length of the adjuster, and consequently the distance in the bar at which the needle is adjusted, is regulated by bending the' handle b inward or outward, as the case may require. I am aware that needle-setters have been made of two pieces, as shown in patent No. 34,807, and that they have been made of a single piece of rigid metal; but my setter differs from all others known to me, in that it is made of wire that can be easily adjusted by means of the bent portion, which also serves as a handle, thereby enabling a setter to be easily adapted to different machines. 4

I claim the needle-adjuster herein shown and described, and formed of a single piece of wire, having a point, a, notch c, and bent portion 1), the latter serving as a means for adjusting the distancebetwcen the point and the notch, and also as a handle.

in testimony that Iclaim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two witnesses.

J OSEPH M. vHOADLEY.

Witnesses:

.Lnzson D1: Fonns'r, SEABURY B. Imvrr.

I next carry the 'needle to its place in the 

